1st Edition

Early Modern Streets A European Perspective

Edited By Danielle van den Heuvel Copyright 2023
238 Pages 16 Color & 47 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 16 Color & 47 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 16 Color & 47 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

For the first time, Early Modern Streets unites the diverse strands of scholarship on urban streets between circa 1450 and 1800 and tackles key questions on how early modern urban society was shaped and how this changed over time. Much of the lives of urban dwellers in early modern Europe were played out in city streets and squares. By exploring urban spaces in relation to themes such as... Read more

Part 1: Contours and Foundations

1. Framing the street

Danielle van den Heuvel

2. Sources and methods for studying historical streets

Fabrizio Nevola

3. Representing the street in words and images

Melissa Calaresu

4. Sensing the street

Catherine Richardson

Part 2: Street Use

5. Street politics

Maartje van Gelder

6. Street economies

Anne Montenach

7. Religion in the streets

Suzanna Ivanič

8. Street crimes

Marion Pluskota and Sanne Muurling

Biography

Danielle van den Heuvel is Associate Professor in early modern history at the University of Amsterdam and Director of the Amsterdam Centre for Urban History. Her research focuses on cities and encompasses aspects of gender, food and digital history.